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The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said 20 non-banking financial companies, including Reliance Commercial Finance and IDFC Limited, have surrendered their certificate of registration (CoR). Of these, two non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) have surrendered their CoR as they have exited from the non-banking financial institution business. These NBFCs are Manoway Investments Private Limited and Reliance Commercial Finance Limited. IDFC Ltd, IDFC Financial Holding Company Ltd and other 16 entities surrendered the CoR as it ceased to be a legal entity due to amalgamation or merger. Besides, the RBI cancelled the CoR of 17 NBFCs, the central banks said in another statement. These NBFCs whose licences were cancelled had their registered office in West Bengal. In a separate statement, RBI said it has restored the licence of Kamdhenu Finance Company Pvt Ltd after considering the orders passed by the Appellate Authority/Courts.
Navi Finserv on Tuesday said it has closed a USD 38 million (about Rs 315 crore) personal loans securitisation deal with J P Morgan. The transaction structured in the form of pass-through certificates (PTC) will be backed by a pool of unsecured personal loans, originated and serviced by Navi Finserv, the NBFC firm prompted by Sachin Bansal said in a statement. This is J P Morgan's first pass-through certificate transaction in the fintech space in India and the first unsecured personal loans backed PTC transaction in India, it said. Navi Finserv will use the funds to expand further and grow its digital personal loans business, it said, adding, digital lending is accelerating in India and constitutes a significant portion of the overall Indian fintech market. Market share is expected to rise to 60 per cent of the total fintech market by 2030, fueled by increasing smartphone penetration, internet usage, and the need for faster and convenient loan disbursals, it said. Navi Finserv's .
PTC India Financial Services Ltd (PFS) on Thursday said that Rajib Kumar Mishra ceased to be the company's chairman following the order passed by markets regulator Sebi that restrained him from holding the director's post for six months. Mishra held office in PFS in the capacity of chairman, non-executive director. "Pursuant to ...regulatory order issued by Sebi, Rajib Kumar Mishra, ceases to be the chairman, non-executive director of the company with effect from the date of issue of the said order i.e. June 12, 2024," PFS said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges. PFS, promoted by PTC India Ltd, is a non-deposit taking NBFC classified as an infrastructure finance company. On Wednesday, the regulator has prohibited Mishra from "holding any position of director or key managerial personnel in any listed company or any intermediary registered with Sebi or associating himself with any listed public company or a public company which intends to raise money from the public or any
Moneyboxx Finance, an NBFC engaged in small business lending segment, has reported a profit of Rs 2.01 crore for the quarter ended December 2023. The company had incurred a loss of Rs 2.7 crore in December quarter last financial year. The company posted a profit after tax of Rs 5.02 crore in April-December 2023-24. It incurred a net loss of Rs 7.22 crore in the year-ago period. In December quarter FY24, total income was at Rs 33.52 crore. It was Rs 13.19 crore in the year-ago period. In a statement, the company said its assets under management more than doubled to Rs 530 crore as of December 31, 2023, driven by branch expansion, higher productivity, and growth in lending partnerships. "We have built a sustainable, scalable, and tech-driven business model with robust underwriting practices to cater to the promising and underserved small business loan market in rural and semi-urban areas," said Deepak Aggarwal, Co-CEO and CFO of Moneyboxx Finance. The company caters to micro ...